An hour in Corsica.

A few more sketches from the cruising sketchbook this time while ashore in Ajaccio, Corsica. These were done "on the run" so to speak as the ship was leaving in an hour and we'd spent the time looking at a local market. I'd love to go back there.

I did end up buying herbs for fish from the Spice and Herb stall in the hope my attempts at cooking Sea Bass might improve !

Sketching on Arran.

Brodick Castle, Arran

I'm on the beautiful Island of Arran for a few days. The weather is changeable but the dampness brings out the midgies, especially today when I went to sketch at Brodick Castle. It wasn't a hard decision to go for a tour inside but I managed a few sketches later when the sun came out. 

A sketch from Skye

Pencil and gouache on cartridge paper

Bridget Hunter 2011 

I've been looking through my sketchbook from Skye for images as painting subjects. 

This drawing reminded me of the red corrugated tin roofs on some of the oder buildings.

Through the gate

Watercolour and pencil on cartridge paper

Bridget Hunter 2012

I love being among trees and  I would find it hard to live in an area where no trees grow. This is a view through to the woods beyond the Walled Garden at Culzean but I now realise I should have spent more time sketching the gate.

Ivy Urn

Watercolour and pencil on cartridge paper

Bridget Hunter  2012

Went to sketch in The Walled Garden at Culzean and saw this old stone gatepost topped by an urn  almost hidden under ivy. Found it totally irresistible - one of those "must get this down in paint" moments.

A bit of slapdash !

Alloway Parish Church.

Watercolour in a Moleskin

Bridget Hunter 20012

I'm not sure what I think of Moleskin sketchbooks. I love the look of them but adding watercolour to a sketch can produce surprising results. There is of course the watercolour version but I'm not so keen on the format.

This was done very quickly as the weather was bitter and the paint was splashed on. But I like the effect of the finished wet paint on the slightly glossy paper. 

http://walk-postcard.blogspot.co.uk/

Acrylic on Paper

Bridget Hunter 2011

Across the road from the Parish Church is Alloway Auld Kirk, which features in Rabbie Burns poem "Tam O'Shanter" and was the subject used for my postcard to Liz in Austra;ia.

http://www.lizsteel.com/

A sketch from France

A French Chateau

Acrylic 

Bridget Hunter 2011

Had a rummage through an old pile of work done last year and came across this acrylic sketch which I'd hoped to use as a painting resource. I like the way the acrylic was very wet and the colours mixed on the heavy paper. I'm wondering if I could try that in a finished painting.

Valence

Pencil and watercolour

Bridget Hunter 2010

Worked this sketch quickly as it was 38 degrees. I liked the architecture - the curved corner of the old church and the small windows.